Till yesterday Modi government was crossing swords with Pakistan over but now the worries for Modi dispensation have risen to alarming proportion with China opening up a new war front in Sikim. By general standards of human understandabilities no one can dispute the fact that two strong neighbouring countries have opened up war front with Modi led India and consequently Modi government’s foreign policy is bound to questioned by the Congress led opposition and interestingly the first day of the monsoon session of the parliament has gone waste with speaker Lok Sabha adjourning the house for the day. What embarrasses the Modi government is the unending unrest and political instability in Kashmir as the Election Commission was forced to cancel the proposed by election for Anantnah parliamentary constituency early this summer and the killing of seven amaranth yatris in an attack on a yatra bus speaks volumes about the failure of the Mehbooba Mufti led PDP-BJP coalition government in dealing with the matters of internal security in Jammu & Kashmir the state which has been at the core of difficulties in the India-Pakistan bilateral relations for the last seventy years.Very rightly Jammu & Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has voiced her concerns over the intervention of China in the state over which India and Pakistan have been fighting for the last seventy years. The timing choosen by China in opening up a new military front against India in Sikim shows that Modi government encouraging religious polarization by allowing attacks on minorities by cow vigilantes is sending wrong signals to the outside world and consequently inviting unnecessary troubles both on internal and as well as external security matters. The increasing internal disturbances instigated by allowing attacks on minorities by cow vigilances and opening up debates on controversial religious issues like triple talq and construction of Ram temple at the dispute site in Ayodya are gradually pushing India into a turbulent phase of Internal security.
Before Sikim poses a Kashmir like challenge on internal security fron to Modi led BJP government, it would be better for the Prime Minister Modi to stop pursuing the policy of religious polarization just for combating the internal and external threats facing India now.
The situation posing a threat to internal security in the country though deserves immediate attention of the Modi led government but the signals coming from the BJP top brass show the party’s tendencies to continue the policies of religious polarization posing grave threats to both the internal and external security of the country. Lead of the opposition in the Rajaya Sabha has very rightly advised the Modi government to open up at least a ventilator to allow people in Kashmir to run their normal life if it can not open doors of dialogue with the separatists in Kashmir and the present government in Pakistan. Ending hostility with Pakistan will ease the situation on borders in Jammu & Kashmir and opening up channels of dialogue will cool down tempers in Kashmir valley which is on boil since July last year when killing of top Hizb ul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani triggered unending phase of violent street protests in Kashmir. Before Sikim poses a Kashmir like challenge on internal security fron to Modi led BJP government, it would be better for the Prime Minister Modi to stop pursuing the policy of religious polarization just for combating the internal and external threats facing India now.
